Arsenious oxide, As2O3 . (Arsenious acid; white oxide of arsenic; white arsenic).

Preparation for use , Triturations with sugar of milk.

Authorities. [Symptoms from authorities 11, 16, 18, 20, 21, 30, 31, 34, 36, 40, 44, 49, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 65, 73, 74, 75, 83, and 84, are bracketed.] ( 1 to 89 , from Hahnemann, Chr. Krank., 5).

1 , Hahnemann; 2 , Baehr; 3 , Fr. Hahn'n; 4 , Hartlb. and Trinks; 5 , Hering; 6 , Hornburg; 7 , Langhammer; 8 , Meyer; 9 , Stapf; 10 , Whl.; 11 , Ebers (effects of Ars. of Pot. in ague patients); 12 , Friedrich (poisoning of a woman); 13 , Morgagni (1, poisoning of a woman of 60; 2, of a male adult; 3, of female adult; 4, same case as Wolff's; 5, poisoning of a man); 14 , Guldenklee (effects of vapor); 15 , Richard (poisoning and adult); 16 , Marcus (after Ars. of Pot. in a fever patient); 17 , Myrrhen (from drawing sol. of A. into nostrils for a coryza); 18 , Quelmalz (poisoning of a girl by black oxide); 19 , Kaiser (poisoning of whole family by A.); 20 , Forestus (from orpiment in a woman); 21 , Henning (application of A. to a diseased breast); 22 , Verzasch; 23 , Alberti (cases of poisoning in healthy adults); , Büttner (poisonings); , La Motte (woman took A. for suicide); , Guilbert (poisoning of an adult); , Pyl (do.); , Misc. Nat. Cur. (same as Myrrhen, No.

17 ); 29 , Lusitanus (poisoning of a youth); 30 , Pearson (effects of Ars. of Pot. in an epileptic); 31 , Buchholz (poisoning of several adults by black oxide); 32 , Thomson (poisoning of a woman); 33 , Tennert; 34 , Grimm (from the black oxide, in an adult); 35 , Wedel; 36 , Jacobi (from suppression of ague by A., in a young man); 37 , Knape (effects of powdering hair with A.); 38 , Baylies (general statement from authors); 39 , Heimreich (1, effects of A. sprinkled on the air; 2, effects of large doses of Ars. of Pot.); 40 , Siebold (effect of dressing pustular scalp with mixture of A. and cinnabar); 41 , Vicat (from powdering hair with A.); 42 , Schlegel; 43 , Neue Med. Chir. Wahrn.; 44 , Heun (from application of A. to cancerous ulcer of cheek); 45 , Müller (general statement); 46 , Eph. Nat. Cur. (poisoning of a man by twelve grains of A.); 47 , Majault (1, poisoning of a man with realgar; 2, of a woman with orpiment; 3 and 4, of a youths with A.); 48 , Jenner; 49 , Fowler (effects of Ars. of Pot. in ague patients); , Isenflamm-Steining (general statement); , Van Eggern; , Kopp (poisoning of a man of 56); , Feldmann (from a plaster of A. applied for a quartan); , Preussius (poisoning of a boy); , Thilenius (effects in a patient with scirrhus of breast); , Grimm (from the black oxide, in an adult); [Is a repetition of No.

34 . -Hughes.]

57 , Salzb. M. Chir. Zeit. (effects of A. applied to fungus on the head); 58 , Kellner (poisoning of a girl of 20); 59 , Gerbitz (from orpiment); 60 , Wolff (poisoning of two women); 61 , Goritz; 62 , Löw; 63 , Cruger (poisoning of an adult); 64 , Tachenius (from inhaling sublimed A.); 65 , Degner (effects of applying sol. of A. for itch, in two men); 66 , Stahl (poisoning of two adults); 67 , Greiselius (S. 1759 from vapor in self, rest in miners); 68 , Klinge (observation of miners in A.); 69 , Borellus (from carrying A. in pocket); 70 , Montanus (poisoning of a woman); 71 , Cardanus (general statement from authors); 72 , Gabezius; 73 , Fernelius (from sprinkling A. on cancerous ulcer of breast); 74 , Justamond (from A. given to a young woman with cancer of the tongue); 75 , Pet. de Appono (effects of realgar); 76 , Hammer (poisoning of a girl of 20); 77 , Bernhardi; 78 , Huber (states that he knows a woman so affected by A.); , Hartmann; , Degrange (from rubbing A. into head); , Pfann; , Heinze; , Hargens (from application of A. to a cancerous ulcer); , Storck (effects of Ars. of Pot. in ague patients); , Borges (poisoning of an adult); , Hall, Allg. Lit. Zeit. (inhalation by a man of Arsenetted Hyd.); , Bonetus (from cases of poisoning); , M. N. Zeit, 1798; , Rau (from application of A. to scalp); , .; , Damour; , M'lle E.; , Imbert-Gourbeyre; , Bonjean; , Souleyre; , Robinson's provings on females with the 12th, B. J. of Hom.; , (ibid.), with the 30th; , (ibid.), with 200th; , (ibid.), with 1000th; , Mad. Buchmann's proving (a grain of A. in some water, taken by mistake), Hom. V. J. S., 10, 119; , Borri, from Hartl. and Trinks (effects of fumes of wax candles containing A.); , Trevasso, from H. and T. (internal administration of A.);

102 to 165, inclusive are taken from Roth's collection of poison cases, Hom. V. J. S., 12, 25; 102 , James; 103, 104 , and 105 , Rummel; 106 , Jaquernin; 107 , Orfila; 108 , Heifelder; 109 , Puchelt; 110 , Hohnbaum; 111 , Schreyer; 112 , Kortum; 113 , Stachow; 114 , Rothhamel; 115 , Klose; 116 , Spengler; 117 , Sonderland; 118 , Canetta; 119 , Schapper; 120 , Van den Dale; 121 , Tonnellier; 122 , Kraft; 123 , Opler; 124 , Scheulen; 125 , Koch; 126 , Hausbutner; , (ibid.); , Kellermann; , Hornung; , Brenner; , Neumann; , Bodenmuller; , Watson; , Franque; , Reuter; , Zöllner; , Beauchesne; , Leroy; , Dehenne; , Odier; , Barrier; , Orfila; , J. de Chim. Méd., 1846; , Wepfer; , De Haen; , Falconer; , Pinel; , Missa; , Gerard; , Devergie; , Leuret; , Fielitz; , Hafter; , Alquie; , Flechner; , Huss Bush; , Nissen; , Pfaff; , Bruckner; , Coqueret; , Edwards; , Skillman; , Angouard; , Schäfer; , Husemann; , Johann Schellhammer (effects of large doses, N. A. J. of Hom., 2, 317); , Dailand, tox., N. A. J., 7, 389; , Tox., N. A. J. of Hom., 2, 473 (from Med. Repos., 5, 43); , Dr. Rhees, Am. H. Rev., 2, 510 (effects of Arsenic applied to kill the nerve of a tooth); , Tox., Dr. Hill (N. Y. St. Trans. (Hom.), 9, 232); , Taylor, on Poisons; , Wetmore, N. A. J. of Hom., 6, 369 (tox., 127 grains of Arsenic); , Isidore, Rec. de Mem. de Méd., etc.; , Smoler, Oest. Zeit. f. Heilk., 1863 (three cases of Ars. paralysis); , Keber, V. J. S. f. Ger. Med.; , Dr. P. in U. (Henke's Zeit., 1862); , Barnes (Lancet, 1847); , Wagner (Med. Annals); , Platner (Omodei Am. Univ., Hah. M. M.); , Lachese (Ann. de Hygiène, H. Mat. Méd.); , M. Diville (Lancet, 1838); , Rayner (Lancet, 1838); , Murray (Lancet, 1838); , St. Thos. Hosp. Rep. (Lancet, 12, 509); , Greening (Lancet, 1834); , Lancet, 1829; , Lancet, 1839; , Burns (Lancet, 1839); , Thompson (Lancet, 1840); , Foster (Lancet, 1840); , Hedley (Lancet, 1842); , Gaz. des Hôp. (Lancet, 1842); , Bird (Lancet, 1843, poisoning by the vapor of Arsenic); , Shipman (Am. J. of Med. Sc., 1838); , Argent (Lancet, 1844); , Kelso (Lancet, 1844); , Farget (Lancet, 1851); , Waite (Lancet, 1858), Arsenic applied to pulp of tooth; , Dermott (Lancet, 1851); , Ryan (Lancet, 1851); , A. McLeod (Ed. M. and S. J., 15, 553); , Ward (Ed. M. and S. J., 33, 61); , Dymock (Ed. M. and S. J., 59, 350); , Gairdner (Ed. M. and S. J., 32, 305); , Jeesche (Hom. V. J. Schrift, 8, 467); , N. Z. f. H. Kl., 12, 56; , Brämer (A. H. Z., 19, 223), Horst (A. H. Z., 19, 241), and Buchner (A. H. Z., 46, 64); , Hoppe (A. H. Z., 32, 379); , Kurtz (A. H. Z., 32, 379); , Bartlett (Chicago Pharmacist, 1872); , Scales (N. E. Med. Gaz., 2, 226, effects taken for the complexion); , Benham (Am. Observer, 1864); , Malmstein, Hygeia, 1873 (Schmidt's Jahrb., chron. Ars. poison); , Levin (effect of Arsenic applied externally; Hirch's Zeit., 19, 112); , Bouvier (L'Art Méd., 6, 31); , Colton (Med. Investigator, 9, 241); , Wibmer (effects of the fumes); , Zeit. f. Hom. Kl., 3, 137 (effects of Arsen. paper); , Goullon (on Arsen. paper, A. H. Z., 64, 81); , Brit. Med. J., 1873 (poisoning by paper and pigments); , Oppenheim (Verhandlung, 1859, Arsen. paper); , Lorinzer (Wien Med. Wach., 1857, Arsen. paper); , Dudgeon (B. J. of Hom., 20, 200, Arsen. paper); , Bayer (M. Hom. Rev., 1870, p. 597, Arsenical paperhangings); , M. Hom. Rev., 1870, p. 413 (Arsen. paper, symptoms observed in four children); , Dr. H. Reynolds, Hahn. Month., 10, 53 (tox.).

MIND

Cerebral excitability, 167.
Rage; he had to be bound; he endeavored to escape, 29 . [Not found. -Hughes.]
Attacks of madness and sorrow, 140.
(Mania; headache; excessive anguish ; noise before the ears, as of many large bells, and when opening his eyes he constantly saw a man who had hung himself in the garret, and who requested the other by signs to cut him down; the former ran up to the latter with a knife, but not being able to cut him down, he became desperate, and attempted to hang himself; this attempt being foiled, he became so restless that he could scarcely be kept quiet ; he lost his speech, though he had his full understanding; and when attempting to express himself in writing, could only write down unintelligible signs, trembling and weeping all the while, the forehead covered with the sweat of anguish, kneeling down and raising his hands as if praying), 11.*
Disposition to suicide, 99.
After midnight, a frequent desire to kill himself , by stabbing his heart through and through, 166.*
When alone, he thinks about disease and similar things, from which he finds it difficult to force his mind, 1.
Delirium, 106, 121 , etc., etc.
High delirium unmanageable, 201. [10.]
Delirium; he arose to visit his daughter (absent, as he knew), and could with difficulty be quieted, but spoke rationally, 113.
Loss of reason, returning from time to time, 26.
*Very violent delirium, especially at night, with great restlessness, 160.
Violent delirium during the last three or four days, 113.
Delirium a few hours before death, 175.
Violent delirium, with tetanic convulsions, 190.
He often raved during the course of the disease, 113.
He raves, making motions with his hands, as if measuring with a rule, so that his ravings mostly related to his business, 113.
Raving and carphology, 113.

Calm and equable mood; no event disturbed his equanimity, 7.

She retained her mental faculties, clear consciousness, and an unshaken quiet disposition, 134.
Involuntary mental excitement, towards morning, hindering sleep, although he feels very drowsy, 1. [120.]
Ideas crowd upon him; he is too weak to repel them in order to dwell upon one idea alone, 1.*
Confusion, 99.
Confusion of mind, 110.
Stupid and confused in his head, as in violent coryza, and when out of humor the head feels like a lantern, 1.
Feels as if she would lose her senses when thinking long about anything, 99.
Absence of mind, 225.
Answers slowly, 197.
He returns very short answers when questioned, 106.
(Weakness of the understanding), 11 . ["Result of suppression of Ague by A."]
At last perfectly unable to perform any mental work, afraid of his fellow-men, irritable and passionate; he got so downhearted from continued sleeplessness (from October 6th, 1855, to November, 1856), that he committed suicide, 166. [130.]
Absence of the understanding and of the external and internal senses; he saw nothing, said nothing for many days, heard nothing, and understood nothing; when one shouted into his ears, he looked at those present like one waking from deep sleep, 17.
Want of memory, 225.
Diminished memory, 1.
Forgetfulness; thoughts leave him, 1.
Very imperfect memory for a long time, 17.
From having had a remarkably good memory, she lost her memory completely, 225.
Does not recognize objects, 15.
Did not seem fully conscious of his condition, 113.
(Chronic weakness of sense), 11 . ["Doubtful how much is ague and how much A."]
Self-consciousness disappears or becomes very indistinct, 15. [140.]
Unconsciousness, 99.
Loss of consciousness, 128, , etc.

HEAD

VERTIGO.**
Vertigo, 113, 116 , etc., etc.*
Vertigo; felt whole room go around, 96.
Excessive vertigo, so that she had to hold herself, 105.
Excessive vertigo; "the bed is tipping over, I shall fall on the floor," 212.
Vertigo and dulness in the head, 152.
Vertigo on arising, 116.
Vertigo every evening ; she has to hold on to something when closing her eyes, 1. [160.]
Vertigo, only when walking, as if he would fall to the right side, 7.
Vertigo, when sitting, 1.
Vertigo, with vanishing of thought when rising up, 9.
(Vertigo, with headache), 19.
Vertigo, with obscuration of sight, 17.
Vertigo, with transient loss of sight, 159.
Vertigo, with quiet features, 135.
Violent vertigo, with inclination to vomit when lying down; he has to sit up to be relieved, 9.
Much vertigo, especially with rush of blood to the heart, 219.
Vertigo and trembling, 116. [170.]
So dizzy, that he could not keep his head erect, 124.
Dizzy in the head when going into the open air; the dizziness increased on re-entering the room (after half an hour), 1.
Dizziness, attended with mental confusion, 210.
Giddiness, 128, 172, 225.
Reeling sensation in the head during vomiting, 23.
Reeling and stupid sensation in the head, especially the forehead, when walking in the open air, as if intoxicated, so that he staggers from side to side, and threatens to fall every moment (after nine and a half hours), 7.
Confusion, Etc.
Confused feeling in the head, 6.
Confusion of the head, .

EYES

Eye in General.
Lively, penetrating look, 163.
Eyes bright and glistening, and vessels of cornea much injected, 199.
Inflammation of the eyes, 44.
Inflammation of the eyes, violent, frequently recurring, 26.
Weak look of the eyes, 19.
Dim eyes, 99.
Suffused, languid eyes, 202.
Eyes look veiled, and minutely injected, 92.
Blue circles around the eye, and pale appearance of the eyeball, 224. [320.]
Yellow eyes, as in jaundice, 1.
Eyes injected, 130, 142 , etc.
Eyes injected, as in the beginning of an eruptive fever, 160.
Weak and inflamed eyes, the conjunctiva was fiery red, 224.
The eyes red, 139.
The eyes very red, 160.
Bloodshot eyes, 99.
Red, inflamed eyes, 43.
Eyes red, as after weeping, 92.
Wild look, 10, 26.
*Staring eyes, 126. [330.]
Staring look, without dilatation of the pupils, 19.
Protruding eyes, 19, 26.
Eyes protruding and quite red, 125.
Protruding and watery eyes, 217.
*Sunken eyes and pale face, 67.
Swelling of the eyes, 113.
Swelling of the eyes, 18 . [In it the veins of the eyes only where swellen, and after violent vomiting. -Hughes.] [Compare S. 199, authority 18.]
Eyes greatly swollen, 181.
(Swelling of the eye and lips), 37.

EARS. [470.]

Ears extremely swollen, with dark, erysipelatous redness, and large blisters, which soon discharge and become gangrenous looking, 207.
Burning in the outer ear in the evening (after five hours), 1.
Drawing tearing in the left lobule, 1.
Drawing tearing behind the ear, along the neck, extending down to the shoulder, 1.
Some itching under the right ear, and a papular eruption there, 91.
Sensation as if the left meatus auditorius were stopped from without, 1.
When swallowing, the ear becomes closed from within, like deafness, 1.
*Otalgia, 2.
Cramp pain in the outer ears, 1.
*Tearing in the internal ear, 1. [480.]
*Sticking tearing through the left meatus auditorius from within outwards, towards evening (first day), 1.
Stitching in the ear in the morning, 1.
Stitching pain in the left meatus auditorius at night, from within outwards, 1.*
Agreeable creeping, deep in both ears, for ten days, 3.
Voluptuous tickling in the right meatus auditorius causes rubbing, 7.
Hearing.
Unusual sensitiveness to sound, 224.
Very sensitive to noise, 1.
He does not understand what people say, 15.
Hard hearing, as if the ears were stopped (after sixteen hours), 1.
[Deafness. -H.], 5. [490.]
Sounds in the ear and the whole head, 1.
Roaring in the ears, 38 , etc.*
Roaring in the ears at every new paroxysm of pain, 1.
Roaring in the left ear, 128.
Strong rushing noise in the ear, as of a near waterfall, 1.
Ringing in the ears, 99.*

ARSENICUM ALBUM. NOSE

Objective and Discharges.
Nose pointed, 134.
Nose swollen and pouring forth a profuse water discharge, 224.*
*Sores of mucous membrane of nose, 220. [500.]
[*Ulceration of the upper part of the inner nose, secreting a fetid ichor, tasting bitter. -H.], 5.
Sneezing, 97.
Frequent sneezing, without coryza (after eleven hours), 7.
Violent continued sneezing, 1.*
Violent and intractable sneezing, 220.
Frequent violent attacks of sneezing, which awake her at night, and attended by copious, watery discharge from nose, 223.
Running from the nose, 96.
Profuse running from the nose, 224.
Considerable running at the nose for two days, with itching, 93.
*Excoriation discharge from the nostrils, 225. [510.]
*(Discharge of a corrosive fluid from the nose), 17.
Profuse, thick, yellow discharge from the nose, 224.
Every morning at 5 o'clock sets in an excessive discharge from the nose, during five years and a half, with very occasional intermissions of a few weeks during very hot weather; it was always worse in the morning, and went off in the open air, 224.*
Cold in the head, 224.
Slight coryza, 92.
Sudden coryza, 94.
Violent fluent coryza, 1.
Fluent coryza, with frequent sneezing (after eleven hours), 7.*
Coryza, with sneezing, every morning when waking, and going off speedily, 1.
Very annoying coryza; stoppage of the primæ viæ, 92. [520.]

FACE

Appearance. [540.]
Face covered with sweat, 121, 125.
*Face covered with cold sweat, 122, 134 , etc.
Skin of face icy cold, 99.
Face cold, nose and lips blue, 121.
*Face and hands cold, covered with cold sweat, 122.
Features greatly changed, 134, 136.
His appearance is best compared with that of a cholera patient in the algid stage, 102.*
*Face stupid, 136.
*Suffering appearance, 103.
*Distressed expression of countenance, 224. [550.]
Anxious countenance, 202.
The look anxious, but not wild or confused, 124.
Expression of agony on the countenance, 184.
*Face expressive of genuine mental agony, 123.
Frightful expression of apprehension, 203.
On the face signs of vague anxiety and desperation, as well as an expression of deep trouble, 114.
Face expressive of the deepest anxiety, now red, now pale, 116.
Wild look, 47, 154 , etc.
Hippocratic face, 134, 152 , etc.*
Deathlike expression (during vomiting), 23. [560.]
Deathly color to the face (during vomiting), 23.
Pale countenance, 47, 104 , etc.*
Extremely delicate pale appearance, 224.
(Deadly paleness, with violent vomiting), 21.
Deadly white look; extreme pallor, .

MOUTH

Teeth and Gums.
Gnashing of teeth, 19.
Convulsive grinding of the teeth, 51.
Grinding of the teeth, while asleep, 1.*
Considerable deposit of tartar at the base of the teeth (in a dentist , who took the greatest care of his teeth), 90.
Falling out of all the teeth, 51.
The upper teeth of the right side began to loosen and were removed with the fingers, 169.
Painful looseness of the teeth; they feel sore per se , and still more when chewing; the gums are likewise painful to the touch, and the cheek swollen, 1.
A tooth becomes loose and prominent, in the morning; the gum of that tooth is painful to the touch ; that part of the cheek behind which the tooth is located is still more painful on the outside; the tooth is not painful when biting the teeth together, 1.* [670.]
Progressive caries of the teeth, with unbearable toothache, 166.
Dulness of teeth, as if she could not chew with them, 99.
The tooth seemed longer than natural; was sensitive to pressure and cold water; was somewhat loosened, 169.*
Pain in teeth, 201.
Toothache, in all the teeth of left side, 99.
Toothache all day in the left upper jaw, 92.
Pain of some of the teeth as if they were loose and would fall out; the pain is not increased by chewing (after one hour), 1.*
Slight toothache on rising; it soon becomes extremely severe, with profuse salivation, 92.
Toothache, at night, shortly after going to sleep; it wakes her, 1.
In the evening, for four or five minutes, slight but well-marked pains in the upper, and especially in the lower, molars of the right side, 92. [680.]
Upper teeth painful when biting on them, 99.
Toothache, more aching than drawing, .

THROAT

Throat in General.
*Ulcerated throat, 225. [790.]
Ulcerated sore throat (while the paper was being removed from the walls), 225.
Erosions of the throat fester deeply, 116.
Excessive swelling of the left carotid, when stooping, 2.
Swelling of the submaxillary glands, with aching and contusive pain, 1.
(Swelling of submaxillary glands, with painfulness to external pressure), 5.
Hard swelling of the left submaxillary gland, increasing in the evening (Sr.).
Parotid and submaxillary glands much swollen, 198.
(Inflammation of the throat), 36.
Contraction of the throat, 191.
The throat is constricted, 139. [800.]
Bitter throat after a meal, the food having a natural taste every other day ( like a tertian fever ), 1.
*Sweetish taste also in throat, 209.
Hawks up gray mucus, 1.
Constant spitting of saliva and mucus from fauces, 102.
Extreme dryness of the throat, 193.
Feeling of dryness in the throat; she had to drink all the time, as if parched, 1.
Dryness and burning in throat, 219.*
Dryness and contraction of the throat, 119.
*Dryness, soreness, scraping, and burning in throat, 99.
Dry throat, with violent thirst, 218. [810.]
Roughness and hoarseness in the throat, mornings, 1.
Sensation as if a hair were in the throat, 1.
Pain in throat in the evening, 92.
Pain in throat and mouth, 161.
Pain in throat and stomach, 87, 162.
Excruciating pains and burning sensation in throat and stomach, 185.
Burning in the throat, , , etc.*

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
*Appetite morbidly increased, 159.
Constant craving for food, 224.
Desire for sour things, 9.
Great desire for acids and acid fruit, 1.
Inclination for lard, 99. [880.]
Capricious appetite, 99.
Inclination to eat, but everything is repugnant, 99.
*No appetite; still, he relishes the food he eats, 1.
Diminished appetite, 218.
No appetite for dinner, 92.
Want of appetite, 119, 113 , etc.*
Want of appetite for eight days, 128.
Want of hunger and appetite for ten days, 3.
(Want of appetite, and violent thirst), 84.*
Want of appetite, and a pressing sensation in the region of the stomach, 114. [890.]
Loss of appetite ( 31 ), 19 , etc.*
Complete loss of appetite ( 36 ), 222.*
Complete loss of appetite, all through the proving, 92.
Loss of appetite, or else unusual craving for food, 224.
*Aversion to food, 23.
*Aversion to all food, 116.
*Great aversion to food, 92.
Aversion to butter, 1, 99.
Can eat nothing, everything is repugnant, 1.*
(He cannot think of food without feeling nauseated), 11 . [As S. 188] [900.]
*Loathing of food, 1 , ( 34 .)
Inability to get nourishment swallowed, . ["After antidote."]

ARSENICUM ALBUM. ABDOMEN

Hypochondriac and Umbilical Regions.
Irritation of liver, with yellowish, or sickly pale look, 219.
*Pain in the region of the liver, 154.
Violent pain in the right hypochondriac region, 13.
Pain in the right hypochondriac and adjoining lumbar regions, the pain extending from these parts sometimes through the abdomen, sometimes into the right groin and side of the abdomen, like renal colic; urine unchanged, 13.
*Acute pain over region of the liver, much increased on pressure, 200.
Hypochondria tense and shaken by convulsions, 141.
Increased tension in the hypochondria during the paroxysm of fever; he is almost unable to lie on one side, 1.
Pressing sensation in the liver when walking in the open air, 1. [1270.]
Drawing-stitching pain under the left hypochondrium, extending into the chest, when clearing the throat, 1.
Hypertrophy of spleen, 221.
[Swelling of the spleen, which had been indurated formerly. -H.], 5.
*Violent pains about the navel, causing him to bend forward, increased by touch and on attempting to raise himself, or to lie on the back, 140.
Pains in the abdomen below the navel, 210.
Drawing colic in the umbilical region (after two hours), 1.
Dysenteric colic in the umbilical region, 56 . ["Tormina circa umbilicum"]
Abdomen in General.
*Swollen abdomen, 218.
Abdomen swollen and painful, 26.*
Bowels rather tympanitic, 186. [1280.]
Abdomen fuller than usual, 189.
Excessive swelling of the abdomen, 46.
Swelling of the abdomen and of the orbital region, 113.
Violent painless distension of the abdomen after a meal; he had to lean his back against something to be relieved, 1.
Abdomen swollen and tense, .

STOOL AND ANUS

Rectum and Anus.
Spasmodic protrusion of the rectum, very painful, 1.*
The rectum remains protruded, after hemorrhage from the rectum, 1. [1410.]
(Discharge of blood from the rectum almost every moment, with vomiting and excessive colic), 56.
*Tenesmus, 116.
Constant tenesmus, 116.
Tenesmus with burning, 13.
Tenesmus; discharges frequently tinged with blood, 171.
Constant tenesmus, with dejection of mucous stools, 190.
Tenesmus as in dysentery, constant burning, with pain and pressure in the rectum and anus, 1.*
Burning in rectum, 99.
Burning at the rectum after stool, with great weakness and trembling in all the limbs, 1.*
During the menses, sharp stitching from the rectum as far as the anus and the pudendum, 1. [1420.]
Rough prickling in rectum, as if passing sand, 95.
Twitchings in anus, 99.
Painful swelling of the hæmorrhoidal veins, with tenesmus, 13.
Piles, bleeding, and protruding, 95.
*Blind hæmorrhoids, painful, the pain resembling prickings with a hot needle, 1.
Varices of the anus , with pricking pain when walking and sitting, not at stool, 1.
Hæmorrhoidal tenesmus of the anus, causing a burning pain like fire , especially in the night, and not permitting him to sleep; in the day the pain becomes worse, and increases to violent stitches; worse when walking than when sitting or lying down, 1.*
*Burning at the anus, 1, 13.
Burning at the anus for one hour, disappearing after hard and knotty stool, 1.
Burning and itching of the anus, 225. [1430.]
During stool, painful contraction directly over the anus, towards the small of the back, .

URINARY ORGANS

Tenesmus and strangury, 162.
Strangury, 171. [1540.]
Burning in the urethra, 99.
Burning on urinating, 110, 139.*
*Burning in the urethra during micturition, 13, 43.
Burning in the anterior part of the urethra at the commencement of micturition, early in the morning (after twenty-four hours), 1.
Biting pain in the urethra, 1.
Frequent pain, like tearings, deep in the urethra, 1.
Strong urging to urinate, 99.
Frequent desire to urinate , passing much urine (after two to seventeen hours), 7.
Frequent desire to urinate, which at times is accomplished only with difficulty, 116.
Great desire to urinate, but does not pass any urine, 23.* [1550.]
Desire to urinate, which he cannot satisfy, but the bladder is empty, and with the catheter only a few spoonfuls of clear urine are discharged, 102.
Frequent urination, 139.
Urine more frequent than usual, 156.
Must rise to urinate three or four times in the night, passing a large quantity every time, several nights in succession, 1.
Involuntary urinating, 19.
*Involuntary micturition; the urine flowed from her before she was able to reach the chamber, though but little urine, 1.
[Involuntary emission of urine in the night, when sleeping, [°]

-H.], 5

Painful urinating, 119.
Ischuria, 214.
Spasmodic difficulties in urinating, 116. [1560.]
(Diminished flow of urine sometimes), 49.
Scanty urine, passing with difficulty, 150.*
*Scanty emission, and burning during emission, 1.
Urine was not passed at all, 134.
Retention of urine, 26, 43.
Retention of urine, as if the bladder were paralyzed, 1.*
Urine suppressed, 179.
(Urine increased, often), 49.
Urine in considerable quantity, 134.
Profuse urination, 99. [1570.]
Urine profuse and dark-brown, 117.
(Urine copious and burning hot ), 5.
Urine scanty, 116, 132.
Scanty dark-yellow urine, 99.
Urine almost colorless, 1.
Dark, wine-yellow urine, with violent pressure, 99.
[Greenish, dark-brown urine, turbid when emitting it, looking like cow-dung stirred up with water, and forming no sediment, -H.], 5.
Hæmaturia, 64.*
Urine very turbid (after five days), 1.
Much sediment in the urine, 104. [1580.]
Red sand in the urine, and pain in passing it, 223.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Male.
*(Inflammation and swelling of the genital organs, increasing almost to gangrene; excessively painful ), 65.
Excessively painful swelling of the genital organs, 43.*
Sphacelous of the male parts of generation, 66.
The glans is blue-red, swollen, and cracked, 81.*
Erections seldom and incomplete, 217.
Sexual powers lost, 217.
Erections in the morning, without emission, 7.
Erection, with burning in the anterior part of the prepuce, 1.
The penis, bladder, and kidneys cause him fearful pains, 139. [1590.]
Swelling and unbearable burning of the penis, 139.
Corrosive itching of the posterior portion of the penis, obliging him to scratch, 7.
Violent itching of the glans, without erection, 1.
Stitching itching on the tip of the prepuce, 1.
On awaking, all the reddened portion of the scrotum was found covered with an eruption of very small vesicles. This continued for some days, discharging slightly, and ending in desiccation. (This case shows the elective action of Arsenic on the genital organs), 92.
Swelling of the scrotum, 23.
Emission, with sexual dreams, 7.
Emission, without dreams, followed by a continued erection, 7.
Discharge of prostatic juice, with diarrhœic stool, 1.
Female.
Itching of the genital organs, 1. [1600.]
Sexual furor of a woman; she requires an embrace twice a day, and if not satisfied, the orgasm takes place spontaneously, 1.
She experienced active fœtal movements during the attack (she was seven months advanced in pregnancy), 210.
Leucorrhœa (a cupful in twenty-four hours) yellowish and thick, corroding the parts it touches ; for ten days, .*

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

Larynx, Etc., and Voice. [1620.]
Obstinate bronchitis, 219.
(Gangrenous croup), 53.
(Suffocative catarrh), 28 . [Same symptom as next.]
(Sudden catarrh, threatening suffocation, at night), 17.*
Spasms of glottis, 221.
Dryness of the larynx, 1.*
Irritation in larynx, provoking a cough, 99.
Smoky sensation in larynx causes cough before going to sleep, evenings, as of the vapor of sulphur, 1.*
Constant titillation in the larynx, inducing cough, even when not inspiring, 1.*
The voice is trembling, 26, 217.* [1630.]
Low voice, 123.
*Weak voice, 124.
Voice clear, but weak, 179.
Voice very uneven, now strong, now weak, 19, 100.*
Hoarseness, 99, 128.*
Chronic hoarseness, 224.
Voice rough and hoarse, 99.
Rough voice, with hoarseness, 1.
Voice, from time to time, screaming, 121.
The voice is hollow; the speech unintelligible, 102. [1640.]
The voice almost ceased, 121.
Aphonia, 99.
Cough and Expectoration.
Troublesome cough, 220.
Frequent coughing, 103.
Frequent severe cough, 225.
*Severe spasmodic cough, 224.
Severe spasmodic cough, with tendency to vomiting; lasted until the heat of summer, .

CHEST

Chest in General. [1740.]
Yellow spots on the chest, 35, 217.
Upper part of chest yellow, 209.
Anterior part of chest and neck livid, 189.
Wheezing in chest, 37.
Inflammation of the lungs, 213.
On auscultation, the posterior lobes of both lungs were found to be affected with pneumonia, and the lower lobes on both sides were partially consolidated, 193.
Violent catarrh and oppression of the chest with phlegm, 116.
Very tenacious mucus in the chest, difficult to loosen, 1.*
Pains in the chest, 30.
Pains internally, in the upper part of the chest (after five hours), 1. [1750.]
Much pain in the chest, 43.
Pain in lower chest on full inspiration, 96.
Chilliness in the interior of the chest , in the evening, also after supper, 1.*
(Burning in the chest), 84, 99.
*Great heat in the chest, extending below the diaphragm, 6.
Heat and excruciating pain in chest, 201.
Tightness in the chest, 116.
Tightness of chest, as if bound by a hoop, 99.
Great tightness on the chest; he felt as if he must burst, 124.
(Tightness of the chest, threatening suffocation, for one hour), 67 . ["Local effect."] [1760.]
Tensive pain in the chest, especially when sitting, 1.
As soon as he walked a little, he immediately experienced tightness of the chest, 138.
Continued contraction of the chest, and short and hacking cough, 4.
Constriction of the chest, 54.
Constriction of the chest with great anxiety and restlessness, evenings, .*

HEART AND PULSE

Heart.
Inflammation of heart, and its results, dilatation and œdema of feet, 219.
The sounds of the heart, but especially the "choc," rather violent; not agreeing with the small pulse, 109.
Heart slow, pulse weak, 179.
Great irregularity of the heart and breathing, 221. [1800.]
Irritable heart, 219.
*The heart-beats are irritable, 19.
Feeble and hurried action of heart, 203.
Heart and pulse accelerated, 132.
*Palpitation of the heart, 47, 113 , etc.
Violent palpitation, 99.
Complaint of violent palpitation of the heart, 109.
Violent, tumultuous palpitation of the heart, 19.
Very violent and even painful palpitation of the heart, 107.
Excessive troublesome palpitation of the heart, 9.* [1810.]
Violent palpitation at night, 2.*
Strong, visible, and audible palpitations, chiefly at night, 166.*
When lying on the back, the heart beats much faster and stronger, 9.
The heart acts violently; one hears a violent blowing sound, with very full pulse, 110 per minute, 160.
Violent palpitation of the heart with small irregular pulse, 114.*
Palpitation of the heart and anxiety, 113.
*Irregular palpitation of the heart, but so violent at night, that he imagines he hears it; accompanied with anguish, 8.
Violent palpitation, visible in the carotids; causes beads of sweat on the face, 218.
*Palpitation of the heart and tremulous weakness after stool; he has to lie down, .

NECK AND BACK

Yellow color of neck, 209.
Swelling of the external neck, no pain, 9.
Swelling of the thyroid gland, especially on the right side of neck, 218.
Distortion of the cervical muscles, 45 . ["Not found."]
The neck is drawn by spasms to the left side and backward, 99.
Stiff nape of the neck, as if bruised or sprained , a similar pain being felt over the hips; night and morning, 1.*
Stiffness of the nape of the neck, 99.
Stiff neck; she cannot move her head, 99. [1900.]
In the evening, stiffness of the posterior cervical muscles, 92.
Tensive stiffness in the neck, 2.
Pain on the left side of the neck, as far down as the pectoralis muscle, 99.
Violent neuralgia on left side of neck, followed by lame feeling, 99.
Spasmodic pain on left side of neck, 99.
Pain on pressure in the cervical vertebræ, 99.
Pain in the back, with uneasiness and anxiety, 24.
Weakness in back, 218.
Pains in the back, 99.
Violent or dull but continual pains in the back, with accompanying great weakness; inclined to lie down without relief, 219. [1910.]
Stiffness in the spinal column, beginning in the region of the os coccygis, 1.*
Severe pain in the back, 225.
Dull pain in the back, with painful transient drawing on the external surface of the extremities, 156.
Drawing in the back, up and down, 1.
Drawing pain in the back, from the small of the back to the shoulders , with stitches in the sides; flatulence moving about in the abdomen and pressing upward; after this he belches and is relieved, 1.
Drawing from the sacrum to the nape of the neck , causing the trunk to bend backward, 99.*
Drawing pain in the back in the forenoon (after six days), .

EXTREMITIES IN GENERAL

Objective.
Hands and feet as if mummified, so that the skin hung in many folds about the bones, which protruded unnaturally, but were not at all enlarged, 119.
Contraction of the limbs, 76, 147.
The flexor muscles of the upper and lower extremities contract, 151.
Drawing together of the upper and lower limbs, 163.
Strong contraction in the knees and elbows, 174.
The toes and fingers were continually flexed; after being straightened by any one they again returned to the flexed condition, 105.
The contraction of the fingers and toes disappeared after a profuse loss of blood by vomiting, and from the anus; after being bent straight they remained in this position, but appeared as if dead; after a warm bath life returned to the hands and feet, but fingers and toes again remained bent, 105.
Distortion of the limbs, 121. [1940.]
Twitching of the limbs, 207, 225.
Upper and lower extremities convulsed, 212.
Convulsions of the limbs and knees, 23.
Tremor of the limbs, 67, 87 , and others.*
Tremor of the extremities, 166.
Trembling in all the limbs, 174.
Trembling in the extremities, 109, 116 , etc;.
Trembling of the upper and lower extremities, 1.
Violent trembling of the limbs, 122.
Trembling of the limbs, even after a moderate walk, 4. [1950.]
Trembling and very violent motion of the limbs, 150.
Trembling and jerking of the limbs, 224.
Trembling of the limbs after the vomiting was over, 71.
Violent startings of the limbs while falling asleep, .*

UPPER EXTREMITIES

Upper extremities weak; the flexors of the fingers retracted (eight weeks), 174.
Heaviness and formication, which soon attacked the upper extremities, 206.
Unbearable pain in the left shoulder, 151.
Convulsive sensation in the left shoulder, 99.
Drawing pains in shoulders, 222.
[Glandular swelling of the axilla, -H.], 5.
Tearing sticking in the right axilla. [2040.]
Soreness in the axilla, under the arms, 68.
Painful swelling of the right arm and hand, 139.
The right arm became intensely tumefied from the elbow to the wrist and was very painful, 169.
Weakness of arms, 218.
The arms were somewhat weak, 215.
Entire inability to move the left arm, 99.
The right arm goes to sleep when he lies upon the right side, 1.
Pain in the arm of that side upon which one rests, at night, 1.
The left arm feels colder than the right, 99.
Violent neuralgia in left arm, followed by lame feeling, 99. [2050.]
Peculiar neuralgic pains in the left arm, suddenly, after meals, 223.
Drawing, jerking and tearing from the tips of the fingers into the shoulder, 1.*
Tearing in the arm, especially of the elbow and wrist, at night, in bed, 1.
Pains in the elbow and fingers, 113.
Violent rheumatic pains in right elbow, 218.
In the wrists there was very little muscular power; the fingers could neither grasp nor hold anything smaller than the crutches, which they could hold a little, though there was no sensation in the tips of the fingers, even when injured, 119.
Drawing pain in both styloid processes of the wrist, every evening, 1.
Hands and lower half of forearm dark and livid , as in malignant cholera, 203.*
(Painful swelling of the hands), .

LOWER EXTREMITIES

In General.
The lower extremities are somewhat œdematous, 162.
Excessively painful swelling of the lower limbs, 4. [2100.]
The lower limbs become much wasted, 138.
Lower extremities retracted to the abdomen, 190.
Cramps of all the muscles of the lower extremities, especially of the plantaris of the right foot, 159.
Painful cramps in the lower extremities, 136.
Violent twitchings of the lower extremities, 205.
Trembling in lower extremities, 217.
Gait unsteady, 213.
Tottering gait, 219.
Gait tottering, stumbling, as if stiff, with slipping outward of the feet, 218.
Gait heavy, "slumpy;" difficult to raise himself after eating (chronic poisoning), 175. [2110.]
Unsteadiness and vertigo in walking, across and open place, 219.
Weakness in lower extremities, 217.
Sensation as if the lower limbs would break down in going upstairs, 4.*
Cannot ascend a single step, must be carried, 218.
Can only walk a few minutes very slowly, 218.
The lower limbs could scarcely be rotated, 215.
Stiffness of the lower extremities, 99.
Stiffness and immobility of the limbs, with violent tearing pains, 4.
Lower extremities paralyzed, 141.
Paralysis of the lower limbs , ( 11 , "not found"), 77 , etc. [2120.]
Almost complete paralysis of lower extremities, 217.
Paralysis of the lower limbs, with loss of sensation, 78.
Going to sleep in lower extremities, 217.
Wooden feeling in lower extremities, 217.
*

GENERALITIES

Objective.
General health poor, 215.
At first glance, one would have thought a case of typhoid fever was before him. Constant sleepiness, numbness, stupid appearance, ringing in the ears, no pains, redness of the cheeks, slight ophthalmia, dorsal decubitus, paralysis of the limbs and trunk, great emaciation, moist skin, violent beating of the heart, valves of the heart normal, no morbid sound, lungs free. Pulse 95 to 100; tongue clean, not dry; abdomen not sensitive to pressure, but drawn in; hollow gurgling in the abdomen; no diarrhœa, and involuntary urination, 169.
*Cholera, 60 . ["That is, constant vomiting and diarrhœa, with sharp nose, cold limbs, cramps, and death."]
The incessant vomiting, the diarrhœa, the cramps in the calves, the livid appearance, and especially the liquids evacuated, showing no signs of blood, all defined the attack as a sort of sporadic cholera, 124.
Consumption, 47.
Gradual consumption (died within a year), 29.
The effects produced by small doses of arsenic might have been mistaken for those of mercury, 171. [2270.]
He gathers himself together in bed, can scarcely move his limbs, and is with difficulty awakened from his delirious sopor, 136.
The body crouched, 106.
He lies in bed crouched together, 126.
She lies bent over a trunk, supported on both arms, pale as a corpse, with the most violent retching, 126.
Greatly swollen all over, 224.
(Great swelling of the face and the whole body), 73.
(Anasarca), 11 . [As S. 138]
(Complete general anasarca), 1 . [As S. 128]
(Elastic swellings in various parts of the body), 49.
(Swelling of the whole right side of the body, down to the hip, with swelling of the left leg), 55.
(Swelling of the face and feet, dry mouth and lips, distended abdomen, diarrhœa, colic, vomiting), 11 . [As S. 138.]
Wasting, 128. [2280.]
(Emaciation), 36, 84 , etc.
, .*

ARSENICUM ALBUM. SKIN

Appearance, Etc. [2510.]
Skin became very white; complexion white and pasty-looking, 224.*
Excessive whiteness of the skin, as in infants, which, as the arsenical influence increased, became yellow and scaly , producing in J. E. and baby the most irritating eruption all over the body , with a strong and peculiar smell, 225.*
The skin became gradually yellow, and afterwards of a dusky brown color, 224.
Jaundice, 47.
*The whole skin became blue, 102.
The veins, especially the jugular veins, very much dilated, hence the skin became bluish, 102.
Cyanosis, 173.
He became red and moist over the whole body, 144.
Smutty, mottled skin, especially in the extremities, 218.
Skin became a smutty brown, especially on uncovered portions, 217. [2520.]
Dry, cracked state of the skin, 224.
Skin dry and scaly , cracked all over, and very sore, with a strong and peculiar smell from it, 224.
*Deep mortification of the skin, 214.
On the toes, especially both little toes, and extremely hard, horny skin gradually appeared, which pained like a burning, and made walking very painful, 105.
The skin from the head to the feet comes off, 120.
[The skin of the whole body peels off in large scales], 5.
The thickened epidermis comes off, 217.
The skin of the whole body, except the head, came off, 145.
Desquamation of a large part of the body, especially on the forearms, and return of a just cured herpes on the chin, which remains five to six days, 151.
Exfoliation of the cuticle and skin of the tongue, 171. [2530.]
The thick skin of the soles of the feet came off, 145.
Spots on the skin, here and there, 38.
Little blotches on the forehead, .

SLEEP AND DREAMS

Yawning and Sleepiness.
Yawning, 99.
Frequent yawning, 1.
Yawning almost uninterrupted, 1.
Yawning and stretching as though he had not slept enough, 7.
Yawning and weakness after eating, so that he must lie down and sleep, 1.
Inclined to sleep, 217. [2640.]
No sleep, but inclination to slumber, 136.
She became sleepy, without being able to sleep or rest, 134.
Sleepiness, 103, 116 , etc.
Frequent attacks of somnolence in the daytime, when sitting, 1.
Drowsiness, 202, 204.*
Excessive drowsiness; he falls asleep again immediately after taking; for four days, 3, 6.
*Drowsiness interrupted by uneasy dreams and great anxiety, 1.
Irresistible desire to sleep, alternating with great restlessness, 19.
Soporous condition, from which she often awoke, but only for a short time, 134.
Sleep.
Slept a little at times; when awake, was inclined to converse in a quiet and agreeable way, more particularly in reference to her own history; this continued for the next forty-eight hours, she being all the while in a state of extreme prostration (first day), 216. [2650.]
The little patient slept, except when awakened by vomiting, 103.
Slumber and slight delirium, 136.
At night, sleep, alternating with raving and different visions, 113.
He lies on his back during sleep, with his left hand under the occiput, 1.
Quiet sleep, 122, 123.
*Startings of various kinds, when falling asleep, in the evening, .

ARSENICUM ALBUM. FEVER

Coldness. [2700.]
Temperature lowered, 217.
Skin cold, 184.
Cold as a corpse, 120.*
Coldness of the skin for several months, 105.
Skin cold to touch, and covered with profuse cold perspiration, 202.
The skin icy cold, covered with cold sweat, especially on the forehead and temples, 102.
Skin cool and spasmodically closed, 136.
The skin icy cold and the face fearfully pale, 102.*
Sensation of external coldness (which is also objective), with internal heat, like fulness or fire in the vessels, 218.
Shuddering ( 31 ), 128. [2710.]
Frequent shuddering, 99.
Feverish shuddering, 88.
Cold shuddering, 157.*
Violent chilly shuddering, 154.
The shuddering disappears after dinner (rare alternate effect), 1.
Shuddering after dinner, 1.
The shuddering returns every afternoon at 5 o'clock, 1.
Shuddering, after drinking, as if from disgust, 23.
Shuddering and chilliness, after drinking (immediately), 1.
Feverish shuddering every evening, 1.
Shuddering, every evening, before retiring, 1. [2720.]
*Shuddering when walking in the open air, 1.
*Shuddering, without thirst (immediately), 1.
Shuddering over the whole body, with hot forehead, warm face and cold hands, or with warm forehead, hot cheeks, and cold hands, 7.
The shuddering is apt to be accompanied with other pains or ailments, .*

CONDITIONS

Aggravation.
( Morning ), When waking, ill-humor; in bed, indignation; heaviness of head, etc.; on waking, headache, etc.; on rising, headache, when waking, dull headache; after rising, heaviness in head, etc.; when rising bruised pain in side of head; gum on the eyelids; agglutination of lids; pus in eyes; *slight lachrymation , etc.; stitching in the ear; *discharge from nose at 5 A.M., etc.; *Teeth loose , etc.; on waking, coryza, etc.; swelling of face ; on rising. slight toothache; stitching in gums; bitter taste; putrid taste; roughness, etc., in throat; when swallowing first mouthful, scraping in throat; when waking, feels qualmish, etc.; on getting up, vomiting of bile; an hour after getting up, vomiting; bloatedness, etc.; on waking, rumbling in bowels; after rising, pain in the intestines; *before and during diarrhœic stool, pinching in hypogastrium ; diarrhœa; early, at commencement of micturition, burning in forepart of urethra, erections; violent cough; green, etc., expectoration; in bed, jerking on stitching in thumb, etc.; tearing in metacarpal bone; *drawing-tearing pain in hips , etc.; on rising, attack of pain in things; sweat on legs; early, heaviness, etc., in legs; cramp-pain in legs; heels painful; trembling of whole body; muscular stiffness; fatigue; on rising general malaise; on waking,. pains all over, etc.; on waking, attack of chilliness; from the time of waking to time of rising, sweat; when waking, sweat only in face; *feels as though had not slept enough.
( Morning till noon ), Cramp in finger tips.
( Morning till evening ), Thirst.
( Every morning ), At 5 o'clock discharge from nose.
( Forenoon ), Nausea, etc.; diarrhœa; drawing pain in back; weariness, etc., of joints; fever, etc.; sweat, etc.
( Towards noon ), Stupid, etc., feeling in head; hammering in temples.
( Afternoon ), Drawing headache; when walking, tearing across stomach; burning pain in abdomen ; colic and diarrhœa, etc.; when sitting, jerking in legs; chilliness, etc.; face, etc.; cool; transient heat; *fever , etc.
( Every afternoon ), **At 5 o'clock, shuddering; , etc.

2 A.M .), *Fever , etc.

( About 3 A.M .), Moaning while asleep, etc.
(

3 A.M .), **After waking, anxiety; violent anxiety.

( 11 A.M. to 6 P.M .), Stupid feeling in head.
(

1 P.M .), Pain in eyelids, etc.

( 4 to 6 P.M .), Heat, etc.
( After 4 P.M .), Waterbrash.
( Towards 5 P.M .), Face etc., cold.
( 6 to 8 P.M .), Pressing in head.
(

7 P.M .), Heat in face.

(

10 P.M .), Fever, etc.

(

11 P.M .), Headache, etc.

( Open air ), Desire to vomit.
( Going into open air ), Dizziness.
( Walking in open air ), Pressing sensation in liver; *suffocative sensation; shuddering.
( Left alone ), *Dread of death.
( Ascending stairs ), Suffocative feeling; *oppression of chest.
( In bed ), Exhausting sweat.
( After breakfast ), Pressure at the stomach.
( Breathing ), Stitches in right upper chest; stitch in left chest.
( Drawing deep breath ), Cough.
( When clearing throat ), Pain under left Hypochondrium.
( Cold air ), Pains in limbs; *cough.
( Cold water ), Pains in limbs.
( Coughing ), *Heat in head ; tendency to retching; stitching pain in pit of stomach; bruised pain in abdomen; *oppression of chest ; stitches under ribs, etc.; *stitching pain in sternum.
( After coughing ), *Breathing becomes short.
( Crying ), Tendency to retching; weak feeling in epigastrium.
( Before dinner ), Nausea, etc.
( After dinner ), Sour eructations; nausea, etc.; pressure at stomach, etc.; shuddering.
( Drinking water ), Renews convulsions.
( After drinking ), Eructations; distension, etc., in abdomen; *vomiting ; renewed vomiting, etc.; *cough ; shuddering immediately; *shuddering , etc.

SUPPLEMENT: ARSENICUM ALBUM. Authorities. ( 227 to 230 , from Berridge's Collection, in appendix Brit. Journ. of Hom.); 227 , Thos. Garnett, Med. and Phys. Journ., 1801, 542, fatal poisoning of a man by pills of Ars., butter, and flour; 228 , Dr. S. Barnum, Med. Repos., 1802, p. 43, a woman took a solution; 229 , Dr. Yelloby, Ebind. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1809, p. 389, a boy, æt. sixteen years, took a pennyweight; 230 , W. J. Crowfoot, Med. and Phys. Journ., 1815, 441, children ate it in food; 231 to 235 , John Marshall, Remarks on Arsenic, London, 1817, effects on five persons of eating dumplings containing oxide of arsenic; 233 , being a woman seven months' pregnant; ( 236 to 241 , from Berridge); 236 , J. Hume, Med. and Phys. Journ., 1821, p. 466, Mrs. ---, æt. twenty, took arsenic; 237 , Astley Cooper, Lancet, 1823-24, 156, application to the eye for fungus; 238 to 241 , Alexander Murray, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xviii, p. 167, poisoning of a family; 242 to 244 , Robert Christison, M.D., Trans. Medico. Chirurg. Soc., 1825, fatal cases; ( 242 to 248 , from Berridge); 245 , Robert Christison, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1827, p. 441; 246 , John Elliotson, Med.-Chir. Rev., 1828, p. 265, a woman, æt. about sixty years, took arsenic; 247 , Christison Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., 1830, p. 67, six persons took it in champagne; 248 , Journ. Univ. et Hebd. (Med.-Chir. Rev., 1832, p. 162), several persons took it in food; 249 , T. Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xiii, 1835, p. 334, fatal poisoning of T. D ---, æt. twenty-three years; ( and , from Berridge); , Lancet, 1835-6 (1), 436, a girl. æt. twenty-two years, swallowed 1 oz.; , Journ. de Pharm. (Lancet, 1837-8 (2), 625), several families drank water impregnated with Arsenic; , B. E. Cotting, Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xviii, 1838, p. 78, a man, æt. twenty-two years, took about 2 ozs., in wine and water; ( to , from Berridge); , Londonderry Standard (Dublin Med. Press, 1840, p. 371), poisoning; , Theophilus Thompson, Lancet, 1843-4 (1), 98; , Dr. W. Woodcock, ibid., 1845 (1), 640, Mrs, W., took 1 1/2 teaspoonful; , J. M. Adams, North. Journ. of Med., 1845, p. 262, J. P., æt. forty-two years, took 2 drachms; , Historical Register (Lond.), (Dublin Med. Press, 1845, vol. xiii, p. 61), a man made arsenical candles; , Allison, Lancet, 1845 (1). p. 413, a girl, æt. thirteen years, took a large teaspoonful before 4 P.M., and another dose before 5; , Linoli, abridged from Ann. Univ. de Med. (Med. Times, 1846), two men and three children had same symptoms from Arsenic in food; , J. Hakes, Edinb. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. lxvi, 1846, p. 43, a family drank water containing Arsenic, several cases fatal; , Dr. Letheby, Lancet, 1847 (1), p. 44, a girl, æt. nineteen years, took at night 2 oz. fly-water, containing 2 1/2 ozs. white Arsenic, death in thirty-six hours; , Dr. L. Owen Fox, Lancet, 1848 (2), 503, fatal poisoning of a man, æt. twenty-one years, by a teaspoonful; , Wm. Robert Cornish, ibid., 1849, p. 35, a man took 1 oz.; , same a girl took 1 oz.; , Dr. Michæl McGee, ibid., p. 311, a girl, æt. ten years, took 10 grs. or more; ( to , from Dublin Quart. Journ. Med. Sci., 1851, an Dublin Med. Press, 1850); , a man and woman, each took 24 grs; , M. G., æt. fifty-six years, took 1 1/2 oz., fatal in twelve hours; , Miss D., æt. eighteen years, took Arsenious acid; , J. G., æt. thirty-three years, took Arsen. acid in tea, and on the fourth day took 2 teaspoonfuls in coffee and milk; , a man, æt. between twenty-five and thirty years, took Arsenic in food; , five persons ate a cake in which a teaspoonful had been put; , a woman, æt. twenty-five years, took some in water; , poisoning of five persons; , poisoning of seven persons; , two persons took it in food; to , a family poisoned by Arsenic in food; , fatal poisoning of M. J. B.; , a boy, æt. two years, took a spoonful of rat-powder (Arsenic and flour); , a girl, æt. four years, took the same; , M. B., æt. thirty years, took nearly a spoonful in gruel and porter; , a man and woman took it in punch; , four persons took it in food; , five persons took it in soup; , Dr. G. E. Sanger, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1851, 183, poisoning of a man, æt. nineteen years; , Chamber's Edinb. Journ. (Dublin Med. Press, vol. xxvii, 1852, p. 63), effects of leaving off Arsenic-eating; , Dr. T. R. Mitchell, Med. Times and Gaz., 1853, p. 612, a man rubbed the liniment into axillæ, pubes, and scrotum; , Dr. T. Brown, Assoc. Med. Journ., 1853, p. 878, a woman, æt. twenty-four years, took Arsenic to procure abortion; , M. Dandin, Annal. d'Hyg., 1854, case of poisoning; , Tschudi's report, Journ. de Chim. Med., 1854 (Bost. Med., and Surg. Journ., 1855, vol. li, p. 189), effects of suspension of Arsenic-eating; , same, a man took an overdose; , Dr. Wilks, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1855, p. 364, a man, æt. fifty years, took probably three teaspoonfuls; , Samuel C. Pointer, M.D., Med. and Surg. Reporter, vol. ix, 1856, p. 210, Agnes Corbet, æt. twenty-one years, swallowed a teaspoonful, death in twelve hours. ( to , from Kesteven, Brit. Med. Journ., 1856); , Dr. Jago, effects on workmen; , Mr. Pointer, poisoning; , Kesteven, effects of leaving off Arsenic-eating; , Dr. Halley, Pharm. Journ., vol. xvii, 1857, p. 428, Arsenic in paperhangings; ( to , from Berridge); , Dr. Walter Watson, Lancet, 1857 (2), 281, effects on shepherds of washing sheep with Arsenic; , Dr. Robert Crawford, ibid., p. 127 and 181, effects of same; , Dr. W. G. Meacham, N. Y. Journ. of Med., vol. iv, 1858, p. 430, poisoning of a man, æt. twenty-five years; , Jas. Whitehead, Brit. Med. Journ., 1858, p. 804, a young man poisoned by arsenical wall paper; , Mr. H. G. Trend., ibid., p. 725, a woman took Arsenic twice a day, for three months, altogether two tablespoonfuls, to procure abortion; , Jas. Beghie, Edinb. Med. Journ., 1858, vol. iii, p. 961, observations of Valleix and other French writers; , Begbie, ibid., effects in a case of chorea; , Dr. Gibbs, Lancet, 1858 (1), p. 613, a lady took it many years for an eruption; , Dr. Wm. N. Brown, Edinb. Med. Journ., 1858, vol. iii, p. 148, a man washed sheep with a solution of white Arsenic; to , Dr. Robert Paterson, ibid., p. 391, different cases of poisoning; , Schefler in Gesundheit der Bergleute, effects on cobalt miners; and , Dr. A. S. Taylor, Ophth. Hosp. Rep., 1859 (1), 270, effect of arsenical wall paper; , Dublin Med. Press, 1859, vol. xli, p. 280, shepherds were poisoned by washing sheep with an arsenical wash; , Harles, Med. Circular, vol. xiv, 1859, experiments on healthy men with 1/4 gr. of Arsenious acid; , Gonffia's experiments on himself, ibid.; , Manchester Guardian, Pharm. Journ., vol. xxiv, 1859, p. 482, three children were poisoned by arsenical wall-paper; , Dr. Lorenz, quoted by Heisch, ibid., p. 536, Arsenic-eaters of Styria; , same, effects on a gentleman; , J. B. Metcalfe, ibid., vol. xx, p. 343, poisoning of Clarence King, æt. three years and a half; ( to , from Berridge); , Dr. R. Biggs, Lancet, 1860 (1), p. 8, poisoning by paper; , Dr. Ballenden, ibid., p. 579, poisoning of three children by the same; , MS. Reports of St. Barth. Hosp., 1860 (Month. Hom. Rev., vol. xiv, p. 428, Rachel and Emma Taylor, partook of a pudding containing a teaspoonful of white Arsenic; , Dr. Thomas Orton, Lancet, 1862 (2), p. 576, poisoning by paper; , Mr. Simon's Pub. Health Reports, Brit. Med. Journ., 1863 (2), p. 435, symptoms from Ars. green; , Dr. D. McN. Parker, Edinb. Med. Journ., 1864, vol. x, p. 116, effects of Arsenic-eating on a man, æt. thirty years; , Craig Maclagan, ibid., p. 200, effects of Arsenic-eating; , R. C. Hamil, M.D., Chicago Med. Exam., 1865, p; 643, Mr. H., æt. twenty-five years, took 6 or 7 drachms in cold water; after half an hour an emetic and hydrated oxide of iron were given, vomiting produced; , A. S. Taylor, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1865, 277 (Berridge), poisoning of three children by Arsenic in vermin powder; , Dr. Docherty, Glasgow, Mon. Journ. (Pharm. Journ., 2d ser., vol. vii, 1866, p. 243). Mrs. Keechan took 1/4 oz. in milk; , Profs. Grote and Mosler, Berl. Klin. Woch., 1866, p. 60, a boy, æt. two years, ate a piece of paint; ( to , from Berridge); , Dr. F. Duckworth, Madras Quart. Journ. of Med. Sci., vol. ix, 1867, 304, Arsenic in food; , Hutchinson, Lancet, 1869 (2), 508, general effects; , Dr. Seissei, Ærtz. Intell. Blatt, 1869 (Brit. Med. Journ., 1869 (1), 424), four hundred persons poisoned by bread; , Thomas Graham, Glasgow Med. Journ., 1869 (1), 56, poisoning; , Dr. Hicks, Lancet, 1870 (2), 356, a man, æt. forty-eight years, was engaged in pulling off wall-paper; , Berridge, Month. Hom. Rev., 1870, 430, a friend of mine suffering from skin eruption, took the 6th; , Brit. Med. Journ., 1871 (2), 101, poisoning by wall-paper; , Martineau, L'Union Méd., April, 1873, p. 558, poisoning; ( to , from Berridge); , Dr. Clement Walter, Brit. Med. Journ., 1873 (2), 700, a lady was poisoned by wall-paper; , Dr. J. Liddell; ibid., p. 772, effects of wall-paper; , Dr. John Morley, ibid., 88, poisoning of fifteen persons by Arsenic; , Dr. Merbach, Vjs. für Ger. Med., 1875, p. 48, poisoning; , H. S. Jones, M.D., Virginia Med. Month., 1875, p. 194, Jesse Thomas, æt. twenty-two years, swallowed nearly a teaspoonful; ( to , from Tardieu, Étude méd. lég. et clin., sur L'Empoisonnement, Paris, 1875); , Arsenic in milk; and , other cases; , Devergie, Med. leg., 3d edit., t. 3, p. 525, poisoning; , same, a girl, æt. seventeen years, took 10 grams; , Dr. Lachèse fils, Ann. d'hyg. publ. et de méd. lég., 1re sér., t. 17, p. 340, a girl took a large quantity; , Laborde, Journ. de méd.-chir. et pharm., 1787, p. 89, poisoning; , Bull. de la Soc. Anat., 1853, 179, a girl took a large quantity; , Ann., d'hyg., publ. et de méd. lég., 1847, 390, poisoning; , Dr. Bineau, Journ. des cours méd.-chir., 1835, 190, five children, from five to nine years, were poisoned; , Guilbert, Journ. de Van der Monde, 1756, 353, a man took a large quantity; , Barrier, Journ. de méd., 1873, 353, five men were poisoned by a solution; , Dr. Coqueret, Journ. des connais, médic. chir., 1839, p. 155, poisoning of three persons; , Dr. Deville, Revue méd., 1838, 355, a woman took 3 grams; , Tardieu, poisoning; , Dr. Martineau, communication to Soc. méd. des Hôp., effets on a man; , Ann. d'hyg. et de méd. lég., 1847, 400, poisoning; , Dr. Lachese fils, Ann. d'hyg. publ. et de méd. lég., 1re sér., t. 17, five persons were poisoned by soup; , same, case of a woman; , ibid., t. 37, p. 121; , Dehesne, Journ. de Van der Monde, 1759, 330, poisoning; , Mean, Bib. méd., 1821, 401, application to the feet; , Desgranges, Rec. de la Soc. de Méd. de Paris, t. 6, p. 22, application of arsenical pomade to the hair; , Belloc, Méd. lég., t. 4, p. 124, a woman applied a solution to the whole body; , Dr. Vernois, Ann. d'hyg. et de méd. lég., 1846, application of a preparation to a tumor; , Dr. Vitry, ibid., application of a preparation of Arsenic; , Dr. Netolitzky, Prag. Med. Wochn., 1876, 225 (S. J., 171, 138) a woman poisoned by a large dose; , Eduard Renner, Ueber einen Fall von chron. Arsen-giftung, Würzburg, 1876; and , E. W. Berridge, Am. Journ. of Hom., Mat. Med., New Ser., vol. v, p. 427, poisoning of two children by wall-paper; to , F. H. Brown, M.D., Bost. Med. and Surg. Journ., vol. xciv, 529, cases of similar poisoning; , H. B. Donkin, M.D., Brit. Med. Journ., 1876 (2), 587, similar case; , A. P. Bowie, M.D., Hahn. Month., vol. xii, p. 490, John Adams swallowed 1/4 oz. dissolved in water; , J. H. Finley, M.D., New York Med. Journ., vol. xxvi, 1877, p. 401, poisoning of sixty men; , Dr. Ussher, Hom. World, vol. xii, p. 536, Mrs. S. poisoned by wall-paper; , same, other cases of poisoning; , M. Saint Philippe, Gaz. méd. de Par. (Lond. Med. Rec., 1878, 215), one patient took 16 grs., and another 64 grs.

MIND

Delirium, 358, 359, 366.
Occasional delirium, 369.
Loss of reason from time to time, 357.
Previous to death the patient became delirious and restless, 368.
Slight night delirium, 290.
Delirious and unconscious, 269.
Became very nervous, agitated, and delirious, suspecting people were about the house plotting against his life, jumps out of bed suddenly and reaches after imaginary objects, and stares wildly and suspiciously around him, and at every one who makes the slightest noise or stirs; is incoherent, 334. [2880.]
Within two hours she was found sitting up in a chair, tossing her arms about, apparently perfectly unconscious of surrounding objects and events. She seemed to be suffering from hysteria. In half an hour she was able to speak, 253.
He pointed out to his sister a hollow between his breast and belly, into which "she could have laid her arm," 238.
Much excited and crying (after one hour), 363.
Much mental and bodily agitation, 236.
His head seemed very much affected, so that he scarcely knew what he said or did, and seemed to labor-under a kind of insanity, 237.
When spoken to she turned away her head, and was silent, 309.
Symptoms of intoxication immediately, 333.
Arsenic-eating makes men lively and combative, 329.
Feeling of impulsiveness, 388.
Remarkable watchfulness, 317. [2890.]
Great dislike and indifference to those around, 296.
Extreme oppression, 355.
Great depression and want of interest in anything, 314.
"The whole head sick, the heart faint;" she awoke in the morning wretched, her life a burden, weariness the day's portion, and each succeeding day like its predecessor, unless physic helped her with its little aid, 388.
Extreme anxiety, 361.
Great personal anxiety, 287.
Anxiety as regards some persons, .

HEAD

Vertigo, 259, 289 , etc.
Vertigo, with inability to keep erect, 364.
Dizziness in the head (after five minutes); great swimming in the head and vertigo (after ten minutes), 346.
Head swollen, 369.
Head on one side, and pain on raising it, as from a rheumatic affection of the sterno-mastoid, 326. [2910.]
Cerebral congestion on the third day, just before death, 351.
Sensation of heaviness in the head, 358.
Headache, 251, 266 , etc.
Severe headache, 264, 359 , etc.
Constant headache, 297.
Severe pain in head and across eyes (one case), 283.
Complained of pain in head, breast, and belly, vomited several times, and was very thirsty, 242.
She complained of a "queerness and strange feeling in her head." These symptoms had come on suddenly, and lasted about ten days. Loss of memory of the performance of very recent acts, frequent giddiness, and some drowsiness, were the chief expressions of the "queerness" she alluded to. She felt as if she were "losing her mind," 380.
Pain over brows, 326.
Violent pain in the frontal region, with vertigo, 360. [2920.]
Violent neuralgia of forehead and face, 301.
Falling out of the hair, 374.
Falling of the hair during convalescence, 369.
The hair on the head was thick only on the middle of the skull, and the skin desquamated freely, 374.

EYE

Dark areolæ round eyes, 280.
Livid circle round eyes, 270.
Dark areolæ round eyes and mouth, 267.
When near death dark areolæ around eyes, 268.
Dark areolæ around eyes, which are somewhat staring, 331.
Eyes sunken 341. [2930.]
Eyes hollow, when quite half closed, 309.
Eyes hollow and dark round eyelids, 308.
Hollow, sunken eyes, 307.
Lustrous glistening eye, 326.
Eyes injected, 281, 347, 372.
Eyes red, lids swollen and excoriated; the redness and swelling of the lids lasted several days, 367.
Scalding of eyes, 285.
During the week she had soreness of the eyes, 240.
Soreness of eyes, which looked inflamed, 238.
Soreness and irritability of eyes; during the second attack the conjunctiva of lids was deep red along the tarsal edges and at the angles; the lids were slightly tumid, and had a tendency to eversion; vision was painful, 314.
Lids. [2940.]
Swelling of eyelids, 269.
Lids œdematous (second day), 373.
A line of excoriation on integument at external angle of each eye, and desquamation of cuticle of eyelids, with redness of latter, 260.
Slight inflammation of left upper eyelid, 241.
Convulsive movements of the eyelids, jaws, etc., 338.
Itching about eyelashes, 282.
Lachrymation.
Lachrymation, 269.
Lachrymation, which corroded the lids and cheeks, 337.
Eyes suffused, even bloodshot, 346.
Conjunctiva.
Conjunctivitis for a considerable time, 380. [2950.]

EAR

Ringing in ears, 282.

NOSE

Long-continued excessive watery discharge from the left nostril, saturating handkerchiefs by the dozen, excoriating the nose, and making her wretched, 388.
Nosebleed, 366.
Profuse epistaxis, 354, 368. [2970.]
Tip of the nose violet, cold, 362.

FACE

Anxious countenance, 270, 309 , etc.
Cadaverous countenance, 289.
Features pinched; eyes sunken, 322, 349.
Features pinched, livid, 362.
Features contracted and face thin, 328.
Sunken countenance, 279, 280.
Face sunken and ghastly, 243.
Complexion unnatural, and by gaslight a dark greenish hue, 328.
Pallor of the face, 354, 373, 388. [2980.]
Face pale, pinched, covered with cold sweat, 356.
Face pale, contracted, and anxious, 284.
Face pale, collapsed, 348.
Flushed face, 273.
Face red, 347, 358 , etc.
Easily flushed, 376.
Much suffusion and some swelling of face, 266.
Face red and swollen, 360.
Countenance dusky, 334.
Face livid, 341. [2990.]
Countenance livid and sunken (after six hours), 262.
Face puffy and erysipelatous, 369.
Twitching of face muscles, 324.
Convulsive movements of the muscles of the face, 357.
Neuralgia; often have I found this lady with her face closely wrapped up in flannel, as if she dreaded an attack with sharp ice-spears or burning needles; it came with throes of violence over the left eyebrow, and into the bones of the face, crept up the spine, and settled in the vertex, making her feel as if she could go mad, or rush out anywhere; noise was intolerant, 388.
Lips violet, cold, 341, 362.
Lips parched and dry, 254.

MOUTH

Teeth.
Sordes on teeth, 270.
Teeth of a yellowish-earthy look, with very little lustre, 374.
Gums.
Spongy gums, 301. [3000.]
Aphthous ulceration of gums and tonsils, 301.
Gums swollen and sore (second day), 330.
Gums inflamed, 293.
The gum exhibited a red line, 374.
Tenderness of gums, 265.
Burning of gums, 275.
Tongue.
Tongue swollen, 346.
Tongue foul and swollen, 227.
Tongue large, somewhat intended, covered with a true silvery-white fur, the papillæ projecting through it of rather a dark-red color, 323.
Tongue thick, fleshy, clean, 374. [3010.]
Draw her tongue together as much as alum does, 325.
Tongue loaded, 281.
Tongue much furred, 230.
Tongue moist and covered with a thin white fur, 328.
Whiteness of tongue, 271, 331.
White tongue, with red tip, 266.
Tongue coated white, with red margins, and painful, 350.
Tongue red and dry, 355.
The tongue presents red edges, with white fur, 295.
Tongue coated white, with scattered red papillæ, resembling the tongue of scarlatina, 281. [3020.]
Tongue and fauces very red (second day), 330.
Tongue and whole mucous membrane of the mouth and pharynx intensely red, 333.
Bright green coating of the tongue (one case), 278.
Tongue had a dryish coffee-brown coloring, later changed to an inky color, the substance of the organ being injected, 290.
Tongue dry and brown, .

SUPPLEMENT: ARSENICUM ALBUM. THROAT.

Spasms in the throat, 353.
Dryness of the throat, 371.
Dryness of throat and tongue, 297.
Diphtheritis, 301.
Sore throat, 376.
More or less sore throat for three years, 382.
Constriction of throat, 268, 271 , etc. [3050.]
Painful constriction of the throat, 351.
Slight sensation of constriction in throat, 317.
Sensation of strangling in the throat, 336.
Scraping in the throat, 374.
Roughness of throat (one case), 278.
Husky feeling in throat, 314.
Burning in throat, 248.
Sensation of burning in throat, 374.
Severe burning pain in throat, 264.
Two observed that they had burning in the throat (after five to seven minutes), 274. [3060.]
Heat in the throat and stomach, 360.
Heat and uneasiness of throat, with hoarseness, 238.
Soon after his occupancy of the room, began have tonsillitis, with dry tongue and mouth, and finally these symptoms continued through nearly the entire winter; he increased very markedly in weight, became dyspeptic, and had a foul breath, with a general sensation of malaise, 378.
On palate and uvula were small, roundish, white, acuminated prominences; seemingly the membrane covering the palate, bones, and velum pendulum detached at the parts by a whitish liquid, 238.
Redness of fauces with aphthous ulceration, 269.
Uneasiness in fauces, 266.
Spasmodic contraction of pharynx, 291, 296.
Constriction of œsophagus, 271, 282, 330.
Burning in tract of œsophagus, 269, 334.
Simple ardor in œsophagus extending to stomach, but seldom painful when the dose is not considerable, . [3070.]

STOMACH

Appetite and Thirst.
The increase of appetite is remarkable, and is almost always observed when the dose is weak. A strong dose produces opposite effects, such as diminution and even complete loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting, 317.
No appetite, 250 , etc.
Appetite there was none; eating became a forced business, 388.
Great loathing of stomach, 263.
Loathing of animal food, 343.
Thirsty, 264, 265 , etc.
Excessive thirst, 270, 289 , etc.
Tormenting thirst, 336, 345. [3080.]
Intense thirst, with constant desire for cold water, which even in the smallest quantity could not be retained, 328.
The thirst is more excessive in proportion as the quantity of Arsenic taken is greater, 317.
Pyrosis, 291.
Heartburn, 240.
Nausea and Vomiting.
Nausea soon, 259.
Desire to vomit, 290.
Five centigrams Arsenious acid taken at supper caused nausea and headache the following morning, with slight diarrhœa, all of which disappeared in the course of the day, 318.
Nausea, followed by vomiting of green bilious matter, and ropy mucus, continuing for thirty hours, 269.
Nausea (after three hours); frequent violent efforts to vomit, though nothing was discharged (after five hours); incessant vomiting for two hours (after six hours), 293.
Nausea and vomiting, 358. [3090.]
In an hour she was constantly retching, and sometimes vomiting, with violent spasms of stomach and bowels; weak and quick pulse; frequent dark bloody diarrhœa; frequent coldness of extremities. The next day she complained of soreness of stomach, 228.
Nausea and flow of viscid saliva from the mouth, with heat of fauces, stupor, small and frequent pulse (after forty minutes), 272.
In about an hour he had nausea, feeling of distension of stomach, with great pain, as if there were a fire within him, burning in mouth, and subsequently vomiting of a greenish fluid; to these were speedily added burning in throat and along œsophagus, urgent tenesmus, with slight discharge of mucus, excoriation of anus. During the latter part of his illness he had bloody discharges from his stomach, .

ABDOMEN

Sensation of a bar around the flanks, 348.
Inclined to lie on abdomen, 386. [3180.]
Abdomen distended, 347, 356.
Abdomen much swollen and tympanitic, 328.
Abdomen distended, painful, 349.
Abdomen meteoric, painful, 355.
Tympanitic belly, 279.
Abdominal muscles tense, outline distinct; firm pressure excited a little pain in right hypochondrium, 290.
Abdomen retracted, not painful, 362.
Abdomen retracted, 341.
Mucous derangement of bowels and colic, 315.
Increased contractility of intestine and stomach; increased peristaltic action of intestines, 317. [3190.]
Abdomen tender on pressure, and somewhat distended, 289.
Abdomen painful, tender, 357.
Occasional uneasiness in abdomen, and sometimes ineffectual efforts to go to stool, 238.
Colic, 336, 361.
Constant colic, 251.
Dull griping pain in bowels, 343.
Bowels griped and moved freely, 263.
Griping pains, 296.
Very violent pain in the abdomen, especially in the epigastric region, 374.
Abdominal pain and tenderness to touch, 307. [3200.]
Pain referred to the upper abdomen, but not much increased on pressure, 309.
Pain and tenderness over entire abdomen (after three hours), 330.
Dreadful pains in belly, 290.
Violent burning pain in the abdomen, 345.
Severe burning pain in bowels, 264.
Severe burning pain in whole bowels, but particularly in the side, 245.
Burning heat in the intestines, 358.
Smarting pain in the bowels, 323.

RECTUM AND ANUS

Peculiar feeling of smarting and pain at the end of the rectum; inclination to evacuate, but not at all of the nature of tenesmus, 236. [3210.]
Tenesmus, 240, 275.

STOOL

Diarrhœa.
Diarrhœa, 251, 262 , etc.
Tendency to dysenteric diarrhœa, 383.
Frequent diarrhœa, 343.
Purging; the stools were inodorous and unhealthy, 248.
Diarrhœa occurred in two women, one of whom had taken a purgative the previous morning (second day), 344.
Diarrhœa, with great prostration of strength, 307.
Stools, which weakened him so much that he felt himself fainting. He could not get into bed again, his legs trembled, and his weakness was extreme. The weakness in both men was relieved by white wine, 239.
Painless, watery diarrhœa, greenish color, 388.
Involuntary stools, serous and corroding, as if there were burning fire at the anus, 357. [3220.]
Purging (after some hours); stools a white curdy fluid, 292.
Alvine evacuations, 347, 351.
Stools very numerous, 263.
Two thin stools a day, 366.
Profuse liquid stools, 372.
The stools, 372.
The stools are more frequent and less consistent, but this seldom, if ever, becomes changed into true diarrhœa, and more rarely still into dysentery, 317.
In two instances, one of them in my own household, it is credited with dysentery; and bloody stools in three cases, 389.
Bloody purging and tenesmus, 276.
Bloody stools, 372.
Bloody evacuations from the bowels, 371. [3230.]
Watery, greenish, involuntary stools (after six hours), 262.
Frequent green stools, 349.
Stools frequently thin, with grumous particles, 341.
Stools black and solid (third day, 361.
Constipation.
Stools dry, and only every few days, 374.
Frequent calls to stool, with discharge of small quantities of a brick-red fluid (one case), .

URINARY ORGANS

Violent pains in the kidneys, bladder, and penis, 367.
Urethritis, 390. [3240.]
Frequent efforts to urinate, 367.
Urinated frequently, 238.
Frequent urination, pain in bladder, 270.
Difficult micturition, but without pain. After eight months the impediment on urinating still continued, 269.
Micturition very difficult and painful (third day), 361.
Urinated with pain, urine being red (fourth day), 239.
Pain in urination, 284.
Urine is more abundant and more frequent. This increased secretion of urine alternates with the cutaneous transpiration, and is the more considerable the drier the skin is, 317.
Scanty urine, 293, 328.
Urine very scanty (second day), 373. [3250.]
Suppression of urine, 293, 345, 348 , etc.
Suppression of urine; a very small quantity was drawn by the catheter, tested by Fehling's liquid, was found to contain sugar, 341.
Urine scanty, and depositing lithate of ammonia, 281.
Urine high-colored and scanty, 302.
Bloody urine, 284.
Urine at first red, 345.
A very small quantity of urine was drawn by the catheter, giving with Fehling's liquid the characteristic reaction of glycosuria, 362.

SEXUAL ORGANS

Excessive swelling and intolerable pains in the penis, with violent efforts to urinate, 367.
Frequent priapism, 270.
Arsenic-eating causes strong sexual desire, 329. [3260.]
He thought the genitals had been excited by the Arsenic, 328.
Premature delivery, 289.
I can trace to it miscarriage and flooding, uterine suffering, which gave way when the cause was removed, 289.

RESPIRATORY APPARATUS

Bronchitis, which yielded slowly, 285.
Voice.
Thickness and roughness of voice, 291a.
Hoarseness, 269, 270 , etc.
Voice hoarse, toneless, 373.
Voice feeble, 341.
Voice weak and low, 309.
Voice trembling, 357. [3270.]
Voice faint, 308.
Voice lost (after several days), 254, 362.
Cough and Expectoration.
Cough, 294.
Short cough, 276.
Short, dry, hacking cough, 326.
On the day before death there were cough and muco-crepitant râles (without dulness) in posterior part of lungs, 277.
Cough, worse at night, caused by tickling in throat, worse on speaking, causing pain in abdomen, with green expectoration, 376.
Cough, especially in the morning, with expectoration of slimy purulent masses, but rather scanty, 374.
Cough, with yellowish expectoration, and bronchitic râles in chest, 269.
Respiration.
Respiration hurried, 334. [3280.]
Respiration 25 per minute (after five hours); 30 (after six hours); more labored and rapid (after ten hours); ceased entirely (after twelve hours), 293.
Breathing quick and audible, 260.
Respiration slow, 362.
Shortness of breath, 291, 327.
Respiration labored, sighing, 357.
Difficulty of breathing, 240, 291 , etc.
Difficulty of breathing, which lasted till death, 276.
The breathing becomes more facile, and is accompanied with a certain feeling of comfort, 317.
Dyspnœa, .

CHEST

The pectoralis muscles seemed wasted, so that the chest had a peculiar sunken appearance, 374. [3290.]
Some oppression of chest, with difficult breathing, 236.
Tightness and dryness of chest, 271.
Complained of symptoms of the lungs, which were found to be congested, 328.
Sensation of weight upon the chest, 352.
Violent pain in the chest and stomach, 367.
At first talking caused pain to shoot upwards on sides of thorax, 290.
Smarting pain in the chest, along the sternum, 325.
Shock in the apex of the right lung, with a somewhat higher percussion-sound than in the left; auscultation there was increased, vesicular murmur, and large and fine moist râles; the cough and expectoration disappeared after a few days, when no more signs were noticed in the right lung, 374.
Pain in the right side of the chest, 372.

HEART AND PULSE

Very decided bruit de souffle of the heart (eighth day), 359. [3300.]
Tumultuous beating of the heart but no pulse, 348.
Heart's action quick and faltering (after five hours and a half), 292.
Action of the heart rapid, feeble, with no pulse at the wrist, 362.
Action of the heart feeble and irregular, 355.
Palpitation, 327.
Severe palpitation, 295, 373.
Pulse quick, 260.
Pulse very rapid and nearly imperceptible, 308.
Pulse rapid and extremely feeble (after six hours), 262.
Pulse rapid and irregular, 333, 357. [3310.]
Feeble, rapid pulse, 289.
Pulse 160 and very weak, 281.
Pulse above 120, rather unequal, 236.
Pulse 120 to 130, but not hard, 260.
Pulse thready, 120 to 130, and in two somewhat intermittent, 284.
Pulse 120, soft, a little jerking (second day), 323.
Pulse 110, regular, but soft and weak, 328.
Pulse 100, full and compressible; afterwards quick and fluttering; latter weak, 264.
Pulse 100 and weak, 250.
Quick, small pulse, 273, 307 , etc. [3320.]
Quick, wiry pulse, 271.
Pulse quick and somewhat jerky at first, but lowered in power and frequency, 331.
Pulse hard, feverish, 369.
Pulse slightly accelerated (after three hours); 126 and wanting in volume (after five hours); 130 and feeble (after six hours); ceased at wrists (after ten hours), 293.
Pulse became more full and frequent, but sank again, and only beat with greater force and frequency when the dose was increased, 317.
Pulse full and strong, 347.
Pulse very weak, .

NECK AND BACK

Complete extension of the hand was not wholly possible and was painful, 374.
Pains in the back, 374.
Intense pain in back, 344.
Acute tearing pains in the lower portion of the spine, 265. [3340.]
Pain in loins, 275, 285.

EXTREMITIES

In two cases within my knowledge the nails altered color and peeled off, 389.
Ther nails were of a dirty yellowish-brown color, with longitudinal furrows and cracks, 374.
Nails livid, violet, 362.
Swelling of limbs, 251.
The muscles of the upper and lower extremities were atrophic, 374.
Arms and legs paralyzed, with violent pains in muscles and in bowels, 227.
The upper and lower extremities became paralyzed, first noticed after five weeks; on attempting to rise from bed her legs gave way, and she was unable to rise without assistance, 374.
Extremities rigid and painful, with spasms, 334.
Occasional spasmodic twitchings of muscles of limbs, 308. [3350.]
Trembling of the limbs with the attack, 370.
Limbs tremble, cannot support the body, 369.
Excitement of muscles of extremities, 317.
Constant agitation of the hands and feet, 352.
Threatened paralysis of both arms and right side and leg, 388.
The flexor muscles of the four last fingers of each hand of all the toes were in a state of contraction, and the two last phalanges were flexed upon the first, and the balls of the fingers and toes rested upon the palms and soles, on account of which the patient walked with great difficulty, 365.
Almost complete loss of power in the extremities, more of the left side, without loss of sensibility (seventh day, 359.
Lassitude in the extremities, 364.
Remarkable insensibility of hands and feet, 248.
Numbness and pain in arms and legs, 241. [3360.]
Tingling in limbs, 282.
Legs and arms feel as if something were gnawing them, 250.
Cramps in the limbs, 341, 348, 354.
Pains in limbs, 290.
Acute pains in limbs, 364.
Shifting pains in extremities, particularly in the arms, which had not their usual strength, .

SUPERIOR EXTREMITIES

Arms in constant motion about head, as if picking at something above the head, 260.
Painful tumefaction of the right arm and hand, 367.
The arms and hands became sore, and mortified and sloughed, 316. [3370.]
Pain in the arms, particularly the left, of which he had in some degree lost the strength (after six days). The motions of the hands are much less impaired than those of the arm and forearm; in particular the power of bending the forearm on the arm is almost entirely lost, 239.
Tingling sensation in axillæ for eight days, 269.
Subsultus tendinum, 282, 354.
Neither extension nor flexion of the hand was complete, 374.
The interosseous spaces in the dorsa of the hands were deep furrows; the hands looked as though they belonged to a skeleton; the palms formed deep concavities, 374.
Finger clenched, 332.
Most remarkable was the complete immobility of the fingers, which were flexed on their two first phalangeal joints, forming an incompletely closed fist, 374.
Feeling of fuzziness in the fingers, extending up the arm, ending in complete loss of the sense of touch, 374.

INFERIOR EXTREMITIES

Paralysis of the inferior extremities, 358.
Complete paralysis of the lower extremities, 364. [3380.]
In one case, which recovered after the lapse of a month, there were partial paralysis of lower extremities and desquamation of cuticle, 273.
In the lower limbs the muscles of the thigh were feeble and soft, and the calf formed only a flabby bundle of fibres; the foot of the patient remained in an extended position, so that the back of the foot formed a line with the spine of the tibia, while at the same time the inner margin of the foot was turned somewhat inward and upward, and the plantar surface looked inward and backward; the instep formed an angle with the tibia directed inward and forward, and the articulations of the ankle and foot were weak, and on flexing the leg the foot could be moved in a very loose manner; the toes were also flexed and motion very much restricted, 374.
Lower extremities cold, stiff, and without the power of motion (second day), 229.
Hyperæsthesia of the lower extremities; the slightest touch caused cries from the patient (after several days), 361.
Curious sensation in her lower limbs (one case), 260.
Violent pains in the lower extremities, 372.
Pain in knees, 285.
Paralysis of legs, 282.
The sharp prick of a pin had no effect on the left leg, and a hard pinch was requisite to excite motion in the right, 302.
Spasms in legs, 265. [3390.]
Contraction of the extensors of the legs, 303.
Such a weakness in his legs that he with difficulty got into bed, 259.
Want of strength in her feet and legs (sixth day); a few days afterwards she had swelling of feet, with numbness and creeping in inferior extremities, 240.
Cramp in one leg (in four hours), 229.
Much cramp in legs, 272.
Painful cramps of legs, 290.
Cramps in the legs (after five hours); increased (after six hours), 293.
Muscular soreness of legs (after three hours), 330.
Violent and increasing cramps in calves, 334. [3400.]
A feeling of hot water running down the calves from knee to ankle, lasting six hours; , .

SUPPLEMENT: ARSENICUM ALBUM. GENERALITIES.

Emaciation, 295, 301 , etc.
Extreme emaciation, 263, 374.
Sank with typhoid symptoms, 277.
The woman sank in a typhoid state four days and twenty hours after taking the poison, 256.
When seen at the end of three months she was in bed, looking pale and haggard, 302.
Found ill at 3 P.M., but she would not at first speak or take anything. Afterwards she took what was offered. There was great pain in stomach, frequent severe vomitings; occasional hiccough. She continued about thirty-eight hours in this state; was then seized with occasional slight convulsive attacks, and died in a convulsion, upwards of forty hours after she was first seen by the neighbors, 311. [3410.]
In about an hour she was brought in in a state of exhaustion; pulse scarcely perceptible; skin cold; pupils fixed; in capable of answering when spoken to; pressure in epigastric region gave excessive pain, under which she would writhe and utter some imperfect sound; tongue dry; appeared to wish for drink constantly. The washings of the stomach returned tinged with blood; died, 246.
Found in bed yawning and retching a little, and complaining of headache, sickness, and pain in the bowels. Thirst, a sense of coldness, and a little vomiting. Four hours later she suddenly became blue in the face, made one or two inspirations, and expired without a struggle, 243.
Arsenical poisoning, which begins with conjunctivitis, sparkling eyes, and anasarca, simulating increased fat; ending with a hidebound skeleton slowly sinking to the tomb, 313.
They all appeared suffering from the same complaint, nor could they well explain how they felt. At night they were worse than in the daytime, and always very restless, the muscles of the face being marked by a kind of twitching, 319.
In one case (Flecker), if he intermits it for fourteen days, he feels stiff in the feet, with general lassitude and craving for another dose. If he takes a full dose he brings a great deal of wind off his stomach, 329.
After spending some time in her room, she would come out thoroughly exhausted; was very "logy," became bloated, and was generally running down. For some time she had had an ulcer on the face, which had not yielded to medical treatment, 379.
His case was similar to that of the lady first mentioned, was marked, however, by more violent febrile manifestations and delirium, and he was for some time in danger of his life. One eye was lost by the sequelæ of conjunctivitis, and the other permanently injured. He was for a long time unable to sleep, .

SKIN

Objective. [3490.]
Skin dry, 369.
The skin seemed anæmic and without lustre, was hard parchment like, and could be raised up in thin folds from the underlying tissues, especially as all the fat had disappeared, 374.
General scurfiness of the face and body, 367.
After forty-eight hours there was desquamation of the rash, and all the symptoms disappeared, 369.
General desquamation of cuticle, 283.
Desquamation of the cuticle of the face, 277.
Three had desquamation of cuticle (some of hands, others of neck and nostrils), 278.
The body became covered with red spots, 368.
Severe hepatic (?

herpetic , E. W. B.) eruption, 336.

Lips covered with black spots, 357. [3500.]
Arms more livid than natural, 245.
Cyanotic spots on the anterior portions of the thighs, not removed by pressure, 341.
Miliary eruption, 366.
Eruption like intense scarlet rash, covering nearly the whole body, except the face; it began on the anterior surface of the body, and spread rapidly, without disappearing from its primary seat. The skin was intensely red, much swollen, covered with numberless fine blisters. The eruption was associated with the most violent itching and burning, disturbing the sleep, reaching its height in five or six days, and then fading; followed by desquamation; the desquamation was very slow, in large and small scales, 345.
The whole body became covered with an eruption of small pimples, like miliary rash, 369.
General miliary eruption over the whole body, on the sixth day, immediately followed by amelioration of all the symptoms, and re-establishment of the urinary discharge; this eruption lasted five days, after which the body was covered with fine mealy scales, 357.
Severe eruptions, violent constitutional symptoms, and even death, 299.
Eruptions chiefly on hands, forearms, scrotum, and thighs, and the suffering proves intense should they have chapped hands at the time, 298.
Numerous petechial spots over the skin of the trunk and thighs, 372.
Miliary eruption confined to the forehead, wrists, and feet (third day), 271. [3510.]
Pimples or vesicles round mouth (fifth day), 270.
Towards the close small spots of purpura on neck, 277.
Pimples on the hands, chest, and forehead, 367.
Redness of the hand, with red points extending half way up the forearm, 374.
Arsenic causes shingles, 335.
A vesicular eruption over the greater part of right ear, and also of nose; several vesicles have coalesced, forming large patches; they are all surrounded by an inflamed base, 256.
Vesicular inflammation of the whole face, with acute itching (third day), 361.
Vesicles about the mouth (one case), 278.
Small white blisters on the inner side of both thumbs, containing a clear watery liquid, .

SLEEP

Drowsiness, 327, 372.
Drowsy, but easily roused (after six hours), 262.
Sleepiness, 356.
Sleepy shortly before death, 280.
Somnolence (thirteenth day), 359.
Somnolence just before death, 353.
Occasional light sleep, with muttering delirium, 307.
Sleeplessness, 282, 355.

FEVER

Chilliness.
Chilliness, 351, 354. [3550.]
General chilliness, 362.
Chilliness, with cold extremities, 236.
Shivering and coldness of surface, 266.
Shivering, 345, 354.
Shivering, recurring when he drank, 279.
General sense of coldness, 230.
Distressing sensation of cold during the whole night, 229.
Cold skin, 258, 262 , etc.
Skin cold and clammy, 309, 375.
Skin cold and slightly livid (in five hours and a half), 292. [3560.]
Skin cool and moist, 328.
Trunk and extremities cold, 361.
Sensation of cold over whole body (after five hours); increased (after six hours), 293.
Tip of the nose cold, pinched, 341.
Sensation as if cold water were poured down back, 282.
Cold extremities, 245, 273.
Extremities cold, with most violent pain in the abdomen, 349.
Coldness of the hands and feet, 345, 350.
Feet a little cold (after five hours), 293.
Heat.
Fever, 248, 327, 359. [3570.]
General fever, with coldness of the feet, 372.
Very violent fever, 372.
She had three attacks of intermittent fever; the first in November, 1875, lasting three days; the second in December, 1875, lasting seven days, and the third from 14th to 16th of January, 1876. The symptoms of the attacks were as follows; Between 8.30 and 9 A.M., after getting out of bed, chilly, with chattering of teeth, nails and lips blue, sometimes sickness on waking, bad taste in mouth, desire for much cold drink, pulse feeble, wants to lie down and to be quiet, and wrapped up, breath offensive, tongue brown; this lasts till 1 P.M., then fever comes on. During the fever there is full pulse, frontal pain, not much thirst, especially hot to touch on abdomen, with pain there, feet and hands cold objectively, not subjectively, cannot bear the least draught, breath offensive, tongue brown; this lasts till 4 or 5 P.M.; she then seems well for one or two hours. Then about 6 P.M. she is slightly chilly till about 8 P.M., then there is heat again, cannot sleep, bad dreams, cannot sleep after 3 A.M. She is losing flesh very, fast, and getting very weak. The second attack was the most severe, and the third (which occurred after she had been removed to another room) was the slightest, .

Arsenical fever never acquires any regular type. It is rare for the excitation, to be carried this degree, and there is more usually an increase, more or less considerable, of the heat of the body, which seems to have its source in the stomach and præcordial region, whence it passes to the rest of the body, but is especially felt in forehead and eyebrows. To produce these effects a rather strong dose is required, 317.

Heat over the whole body, except the hands, 355.
Violent heat internally and externally, 369.
Temperature increased (in the rectum 38.6°), 362.
The feeling of heat within did not leave him for a week, 239.
Heat of skin, 239, 269, 325.
Heat and dryness of skin, 271. [3580.]
Alternations of heat and chilliness, 363.
Sweat.
Profuse sweating on the least exertion, 295.
Skin moist and temperature good (after five hours); moist and cool (after six hours), 293.
Cold clammy sweat, 282.
Skin covered with cold clammy sweat, 307.
Clammy perspiration, 245.
Cold sweat, 363.
Whole body, and particularly hands and feet, covered with cold sweat, 245.
Cold sweats broke out profusely over surface of body, 334.
Fetid perspiration on the whole body, 357. [3590.]
Abundant perspiration (after eight days), 359.

MIND

HEAD

EYES

EARS. [470.]

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